Total electron content models and their use in ionosphere monitoring

Radio Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Jakowski, N ^a   Mayer, C ^a   Hoque, M M ^a   Wilken, V ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR-BASED; DATA SERVICES; DUAL FREQUENCY; ELECTRON DENSITY MODELS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; IONOSPHERE MONITORING; IONOSPHERIC ERRORS; IONOSPHERIC MONITORING; L-BAND FREQUENCIES; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MODEL APPROXIMATES; OPERATIONAL SPACE; RANGE ERROR; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL DELAYS; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR ENERGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 80053370706     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010RS004620     Document Type: Article

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